The Time Machine
Saturday, July 25, 2020
The science- fiction classic is adapted from the story by H.G. Wells, The Time Machine takes listeners on a journey to the year One Hundred Thousand and Eighty and a world where beauty and terror live side by side. This is a unique opportunity. The performance gives the viewer the chance to not only hear but also see how special effects are created.
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Biographies
Caroline Breder-Watts (Executive Director, ROTLT; Director) has enjoyed a diverse career in the arts for the past 30 years, with projects in radio, theater and film. While serving as Director of Communications for the late, great Florida Stage, she started a concurrent career in public broadcasting in 1992 at WXEL-FM in Boynton Beach, FL and spent the next 19 years in a variety of capacities, including pledge producer and host of two programs on the arts, South Florida Artsview and Listening to Movies. She has also worked as host, producer and fundraiser for Classical South Florida, WLRN-FM in Miami, and currently, ideastream in Cleveland, Ohio. Caroline has played a variety of roles in Radio on the Lake Theatre’s history, including actor, director, producer, stage manager and music coordinator. A lifelong film enthusiast, she currently produces a podcast for The Columbus Moving Picture Show in Columbus, Ohio. She co-founded Radio on the Lake Theatre with her husband, John Watts.
John Watts (Artistic Director, ROTLT/Sound Effects Artist) has spent the past 25 years as a producer for both audio and video productions, which have taken him from South Florida to Australia to Barcelona, Spain. He founded Radio on the Lake Theatre in South Florida in 2002, and the company performed in venues throughout the region, including The Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Old School Square in Delray Beach, the Humphrey Bogart Film Festival in Key Largo, and The Studios of Key West. Upon moving the company to Shaker Heights in 2017, he has become actively involved in the local theater community, partnering on productions with Playwrights Local, Gates Mills Players and The City is Our Stage. John was nominated in 2019 for the Broadway World Regional Award for Best Sound Design.
Actors
John Busser (Dudley) is an actor/writer/graphic artist in the Cleveland area. He is the co-runner of Cleveland Public Theatre’s writers workshop, The Dark Room, which helps new and seasoned playwrights test drive new work for a friendly audience of writers and actors. In 2017, Blank Canvas Theatre presented Children's Letters to Satan (and Other Horrible Scribblings), a collection of 7 of his original plays. His play Under A Watchful Eye was made into a short film that has been selected for the 2019 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival and the 2020 Cleveland International Film Festival. Various other of his short plays have been performed in multiple venues in the Cleveland and Columbus areas.
Stuart Hoffman (Filby) has been a Cleveland-based actor and playwright for over 15 years. He has been lucky to have worked at many local theaters, including Radio On the Lake. 2019 credits include Glengarry Glen Ross (Beck Center), Much Ado About Nothing (Cleveland Shakespeare Festival), and The End of the Tour (Seat of the Pants). His writing has been produced at Blank Canvas Theatre, Ensemble, and Lorain County Community College. His short play, The Bronte Solution, was recently produced as a radio play by the CA-based Roaming Theatre Collaborative. Be it live, livestream, radio, zoom, podcast, or however you can, thank you for supporting theatre.
Brianna Hohenfeld (Weena) is a recent graduate of Cleveland State University. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to work on this production and wants to thank everyone for coming.
John Watts (Artistic Director, ROTLT/Sound Effects Artist) has spent the past 25 years as a producer for both audio and video productions, which have taken him from South Florida to Australia to Barcelona, Spain. He founded Radio on the Lake Theatre in South Florida in 2002, and the company performed in venues throughout the region, including The Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Old School Square in Delray Beach, the Humphrey Bogart Film Festival in Key Largo, and The Studios of Key West. Upon moving the company to Shaker Heights in 2017, he has become actively involved in the local theater community, partnering on productions with Playwrights Local, Gates Mills Players and The City is Our Stage. John was nominated in 2019 for the Broadway World Regional Award for Best Sound Design.
Actors
John Busser (Dudley) is an actor/writer/graphic artist in the Cleveland area. He is the co-runner of Cleveland Public Theatre’s writers workshop, The Dark Room, which helps new and seasoned playwrights test drive new work for a friendly audience of writers and actors. In 2017, Blank Canvas Theatre presented Children's Letters to Satan (and Other Horrible Scribblings), a collection of 7 of his original plays. His play Under A Watchful Eye was made into a short film that has been selected for the 2019 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival and the 2020 Cleveland International Film Festival. Various other of his short plays have been performed in multiple venues in the Cleveland and Columbus areas.
Stuart Hoffman (Filby) has been a Cleveland-based actor and playwright for over 15 years. He has been lucky to have worked at many local theaters, including Radio On the Lake. 2019 credits include Glengarry Glen Ross (Beck Center), Much Ado About Nothing (Cleveland Shakespeare Festival), and The End of the Tour (Seat of the Pants). His writing has been produced at Blank Canvas Theatre, Ensemble, and Lorain County Community College. His short play, The Bronte Solution, was recently produced as a radio play by the CA-based Roaming Theatre Collaborative. Be it live, livestream, radio, zoom, podcast, or however you can, thank you for supporting theatre.
Brianna Hohenfeld (Weena) is a recent graduate of Cleveland State University. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to work on this production and wants to thank everyone for coming.
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